Hey everyone,
This weekend I attended UPenn's Southeast Asia Society Performing Arts Group performance. This was Penn's 19th annual South Asia Society fall cultural show, where 12 groups put on spectacular performances of music, a cappella, and dancing. Two of my best friends are in the Penn Dhamaka dance group (one of the the most prestigious and impressive performing arts groups of Philadelphia) so I went to go support them. I am always awestruck by their dances; I would say that their level of skill and entertainment is similar, if not better, than that of a broadway show! Generally, their performances always benefit an international organization. Tickets for this exceptional performance were rather pricey, but the money was going towards an organization called "Ashava Patra," which is a group whose vision is that "no child in India or the world be deprived of an education because of hunger. It serves this dual mission of addressing malnutrition and promoting education by providing midday meals to schoolchildren in India. This gives them the incentive to come to school, stay in school, and provide them with the necessary nutrients they need to develop their cognitive abilities to focus on learning. In ten years, the foundation has grown to become one of the largest and most innovative school lunch programs in the world." They now distribute healthy meals to 1.3 million underserved children, and aim to serve 5 million students by 2020.
I had never heard of this cause before, and I was so happy to not only make a donation to this wonderful organization but also support some of my closest friends as they showed off the success of their hours and hours of training.
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